Easement
An easement is a right to pass over, or install services over one property (servient tenement) in favour of another property (dominant tenement). Easements take many forms, the most common is the right to walk or drive across another property. Other common easements are rights to convey water, electricity, rights to drain water or sewerage and party wall easements where a boundary wall sits equally over a common boundary.
For more information, view the Land Information New Zealand website.
Borehole or borelog (soil investigation)
These are terms you may hear used in relation to geological, ground works, subdivision or land development work. A borehole is a hole that is drilled to allow the investigation and is used to investigate subsoil, which may be required to ascertain ground structure or stability before developing on it. A borelog is a documented view of the data from the investigation.
Sea spray zone
Sea spray zones are areas where a property may be effected by sea salts as it is close to the sea or an estuary. The designer of a building will need to take this into account when selecting materials to ensure that the building will meet the durability requirements of the New Zealand Building Code. Many materials are effected by corrosion in this environment.
IQP
An independent qualified person (IQP) is a person who is accepted by the Territorial Authority as being appropriately qualified to undertake the inspection and maintenance of the feature concerned. This person must not have a financial interest in the building.
Building line restriction
Some properties will have building line restrictions (BLR) recorded on the Certificate of Title stating “subject to building line restriction”. Historically, BLRs were placed on the title at the time of subdivision where the road was less than 20m wide.
Building line restrictions are superseded by the City Plan setbacks. The BLR may remain on the title without effect or if the applicant wishes, it can be cancelled - subject to the payment of a fee and the supply of the Building Restriction Line document and title.
Floor area of a house
Sometimes property owners require the square meterage of a residence, for insurance purposes.
The Council holds property information for consented work that has been approved and sometimes we are able to tell you what the measurement of your dwelling is, depending on the age of the property. We do not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
We suggest that you either:
Land value of my property
The probable price that would be paid, for the bare land as at the date of the valuation. Please refer to our rates and valuations pages.
Capital value of my property
The capital value of a property is a reflection of that property’s market value at the date of valuation – it is not a reflection of the current market value. Refer to the rates and valuations pages.
Capital values on a property are made up of the land value and the value of any improvements (such as buildings). The capital value does not include chattels (e.g. carpets, drapes, light fittings, stock, crops, machinery or trees other than shelterbelts).
